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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2010
John Robert Sheahan, Balmain, AU;
Mark Jackson Pulver, Balmain, AU;
Brian Christopher Morahan, Balmain, AU;
Alireza Moini, Balmain, AU;
Timothy Peter Gillespie, Balmain, AU;
Michael John Webb, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
John Robert Sheahan, Balmain, AU;
Mark Jackson Pulver, Balmain, AU;
Brian Christopher Morahan, Balmain, AU;
Alireza Moini, Balmain, AU;
Timothy Peter Gillespie, Balmain, AU;
Michael John Webb, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
A printhead IC is provided having ejection nozzles, drive circuitry for sending drive pulses to resistive heaters of the nozzles to cause ejection from the nozzles, sensing circuitry being activated to sense the temperature of the printhead IC and adjust the profile of the sent drive pulses in accordance with the sensed temperature and being de-activated after a period of use, and test circuitry for selectively disabling the resistive heaters when they receive the drive pulses while comparing the resistance of the resistive heaters against a predetermined threshold to assess whether the resistive heaters are defective.